State v. Perry

GOOLSBY, J.:

Ikeisha N. Perry appeals her conviction for homicide by child abuse in connection with the death of her nine-month-old son Jaquan. We affirm. 1

BACKGROUND

On September 21, 2000, about 1:15 p.m., Perry and her boyfriend Henry Fletcher brought Jaquan to the pediatric intensive care unit at Richland Memorial Hospital. When they arrived, Jaquan was in full cardiopulmonary arrest, and the emergency room staff began resuscitation efforts. When Robert Hubbird, a pediatric intensive care physician at the hospital arrived at the unit, Jaquan’s pulse had just been restored after about…